Violent messages on far-right stickers and T-shirts with references to the Germanic tribes

The use and the positive evaluation of violence as a political instrument play a central role on the far right – a role that is fundamentally based on the Social Darwinist ideology of this movement. The language used in far-right utterances is also frequently characterised by an aggressive tone. Occasionally such forms of expression are described in the literature as part of a ‘language of hate’ (Heller/Maegerle 2001; Schafer 2002). Germanic history and culture, and particularly mythology are accordingly interpreted on the far right with a focus on battle and violence.